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Ms Brown said her son had obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and would have to press the buttons of the Playstation a certain amount of times and in a particular order because of the condition. He also had struggled with obsessive behaviour when washing his hands.

She has spoken out about her son's death in a bid to raise awareness of how young people can struggle with OCD and in a bid for people to watch out for warning signs.

She revealed that on the day of his death he had been to see a doctor, but she claims had returned saying it was 'pointless.'

Ms Brown said the teenager's mood swings had at first been put down to normal hormones for a 14-year-old but he then developed a severe form of OCD.

Donna Brown, 43, said she has spoken about her son's death in a bid to raise awareness of OCD

He spent hours in the bath and washed his hands until they bled before he eventually agreed to see a doctor aged 16.

His mother has criticised health services for giving him medication that, she claims, was too strong.

She added: 'He had mood swings. Then he started to wash himself a hell of a lot. He was staying in the bath for hours and repeatedly washing his hands. It built up, and got worse and worse.

'He was washing his hands until they bled. It got so bad he was getting up at 5.30am so he had time to have a bath before leaving for college at nine.

'He was not a violent person. I just think it got to him, I think he was angry with the illness.'

Mr Brown, pictured when he was at school, had struggled with OCD and had been put on strong medication

In a statement, the trust said: 'We take our responsibility for providing safe and high quality care to our patients extremely seriously, and following the tragic death of Paul Bickle in February 2013 we undertook a robust internal review.

'Although in this particular case, neither this internal review nor the subsequent Coroner's inquest highlighted any areas of negligence by the Trust that led to Paul taking his own life, we will always seek to thoroughly investigate and learn from such cases as part of our commitment to continuously improve the quality of care we provide.

'Our thoughts remain with Paul's family and friends following their very sad loss.'

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